Earlier this year I posted my annual The Top 35 Blogs Christian Leaders Need To Continually Read In 2019. However, I also access a number of business blogs to enhance my personal growth.
The following are 10 Business Blogs Every Leader Should Read listed in alphabetical order:
- Lolly Daskal – I love this site. As founder and CEO of Lead From Within, her proprietary leadership program is engineered to be a catalyst for leaders who want to enhance performance and make a meaningful difference in their companies, their lives, and the world. Based on a mix of modern philosophy, science, and nearly thirty years coaching top executives, Lolly’s perspective on leadership continues to break new ground and produce exceptional results. Of her many awards and accolades, Lolly was designated a Top-50 Leadership and Management Expert by Inc.com, 100 Great Leadership Speakers for Your Next by Inc. magazine. Huffington Post honored Lolly with the title of The Most Inspiring Woman in the World.
- Disney Institute Blog – For more than 3 decades, Disney Institute has been helping to advise and train a variety of organizations worldwide based on the business insights and best practices of Walt Disney Parks & Resorts.
- Kevin Eikenberry – Kevin is a world renowned leadership expert, a two-time bestselling author, speaker, consultant, trainer, coach, leader, learner, husband and father. He was recently recognized by Inc.com as one of the top 100 Leadership & Management thinkers in the World.
- Harvard Business Review (HBR) – On this legendary site, you will find new ideas and classic advice on strategy, innovation and leadership, for global leaders from the world’s best business and management experts.
- Michael Hyatt – You want to live this vision of your life, but it feels like there’s no time for it. When you’re traveling for work, you miss your daughter’s soccer game. When you make the game, you’re constantly worried you’re missing something important at work. The sense that you’re shortchanging one priority to serve another never ends. You feel like a juggler with fifteen balls in the air and, too often, important ones—like your health or your personal development—get dropped. Sound familiar? If so, you need to read Michael’s blog. No one is a better productivity coach.
- Kevin Kruse – Kevin’s mission is to convince everyone that wholehearted leadership for employee engagement is the key to unlocking both dramatic business results and to better health and relationships for individuals. Based on his own experience as a CEO, and on the results of surveys of over 10 million people in 150 countries, Kevin reveals how Growth, Recognition and Trust are the key drivers that turn average groups into high performing teams.
- John Maxwell – John needs no introduction to anyone in the leadership space. He has taught me more about leadership than anyone. It was a privilege to work for him for many years.
- Skip Prichard – Skip is an accomplished CEO, growth-oriented business leader, and keynote speaker. He has written a WSJ bestselling book called The Book of Mistakes: 9 Secrets to Creating a Successful Future. He is known for his track record of successfully repositioning companies and dramatically improving results while improving the corporate culture. He is a keynote speaker on topics ranging from leadership, personal development, growth strategies, culture, corporate turnarounds, and the future of publishing. His views have been featured in print and broadcast media including the BBC, The New York Times, CNN, NPR, The Daily Beast, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Writer’s Digest, Information Today, Inc., The Bookseller, Publishers Weekly, Christian Retailing, Forbes, and the Library Journal. He is also an Inc. Top 100 Leadership Speaker.
- Leadership Freak – Written by Dan Rockwell, Leadership Freak is read in virtually every country on the globe. There are over a 450,000 subscribers to Leadership Freak’s social media channels. According to the Center for Management and Organization Effectiveness, the Leadership Freak blog is the most socially shared leadership blog on the Internet.
- Alan Stein Jr. – Writer of The Raise Your Game Blog, Alan is a keynote speaker and author who spent 15+ years as a performance coach working with the highest-performing basketball players on the planet. He now teaches audiences how to utilize the same strategies in business that elite athletes use to perform at a world-class level. Alan specializes in improving individual and organizational leadership, performance and accountability. He inspires and empowers everyone he works with to take immediate action and improve mindset, habits and productivity which is what makes him one of the top motivational speakers you’ll ever hear. I love this site!!!
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